I think - particularly in terms of the destiny of Africans in North America - our destiny has also been shaped indelibly by global alliances.

Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict.

I shudder to think where we people of African descent would be without our allies in the international community. It's been our everything, quite frankly.

Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status.

I think we need to de-center the idea of US sovereignty.

I can see clouds a thousand miles away, hear ancient music in the pines.

If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent.

When it comes down to it, though, the real decision is inevitable: If one of us has to be destroyed, let's make damn sure we're the ones alive at the end.

Just saw a woman with a t-shirt that said southern and sassy, it's all good. Well madame, I beg to differ, it is in fact, not 'all good'.

God made poor woman with no heart, But gave her skill, and tact, and art, And so she lives, and plays her part. We must not blame, but pity her.

Every endeavour pursued with passion produces a successful outcome, regardless of the result. For it is not about winning or losing – rather, the effort put forth in producing the outcome.

If you're interested in something, that's all that matters. You'll spend more time doing it, that than anything else, and possibly more time doing it than anybody else.

Art is a Great Goddess of infinite intrigue and illusion, and even a lifetime of worship may not find her fickle soul.

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.

When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.